Azerbaijan, Baku, 21 January / corr. Trend J. Babayeva/ The opposition Party of Azerbaijanis living in Georgia whose co-founder is the former presidential candidate Fazil Aliyev, is ready to admit Armenians living in this country to the party, Fazil Aliyev said to Trend by telephone from Tbilisi on 21 January.
"Everyone regardless of their nationality will be represented in the party," Aliyev said.
Aliyev was nominated for the presidency by the National Assembly of Azerbaijanis in Georgia and the International Council of Azerbaijanis in Georgia. Fazil Aliyev refused to take part in the elections in December. He attributed it to 'pressure from Georgian government agencies.' Later on Aliyev established a new opposition party.
The chief purpose in the party's establishment is to take part in the parliamentary elections in Georgia to be held in May. According to the current Georgian constitution, parliamentary elections were to be held in autumn of 2008; however, as a result of a referendum which was held together with the early presidential elections, the parliamentary elections will take place in the spring of 2008.
The next party meeting will be held next week. As a result of this meeting, the chairman of the party will be elected and an address will be made to the Georgian Ministry of Justice for official registration.
According to Georgian laws, the party is required to have no less than 1000 members in order to be registered. Aliyev is sure that he has enough supporters who will join his party.
"Not only Azerbaijanis, but also Georgian wish to join the party," Aliyev said.